Hello to all, Im also : a new member here French In the process of creating an Institute ! I havent read the archives yet and Dominiques mail was the first one I received. I couldnt believe my eyes. I have been looking for French people aware of Open Space (as well as other organisational change theories and practices) to see what has been / could be done in France. My name is Geneviève Treille, I live near Paris. My life and career are highly influenced by expatriation, communication and teaching : I started as an ESL and FSL teacher (English and French as second languages), was a trainer, a trainer instructor and creator and director of the French Communication Skills Development Department of an international NGO. I spend 15 years in North America, Europe and Middle East at different periods of my youth and adult life and continue to travel frequently to various countries for work, research or pleasure. After a few years in the corporate world in the HR field, I co-created Chrysalide International which is specialised in setting up training modules, coaching multicultural teams in periods of transition and change, coaching expatriates and their families, linguistic coaching and life coaching. I speak English and French and am starting to learn Chinese. I used to have some notions of Spanish, German and Arabic but these languages need a serious brushing up. After using Open Space, Appreciative Inquiry and the Chaordic Process in our work, my partner and myself want to focus mostly on Change, personal, collective (organizational) and social. I am happy to be here, at the right place at the right moment as it seems. Best regards, Genevieve Treille Chrysalide International, The human potential development company <http://www.cvreferral.com/3/101989.html> http://www.cvreferral.com/3/101989.html France Tel / fax # +33 (0)1 30 60 07 84 [email protected] -----Message d'origine----- De : OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]] De la part de Harrison Owen Envoyé : mardi 16 décembre 2003 14:05 À : [email protected] Objet : Re: New member Dominique wrote: . I now would like to share this approach with others in France and starting a French Open Space Institute (web site in preparation for sometime next year). Of course, I have plenty of questions around OST, but Ill wait: This post is already long enough, you guys are busy, and I need to read more of the documentation to make sure I am not asking questions that have already been answered 20 times. Dont wait too long. Never met a question I didnt like, even an old one. Actually, most particularly The Old Ones. They give everybody a chance to revisit old familiar places and usually discover that what we took to be established wisdom was actually just the tip of an iceberg. Also good luck with OSI/France. As you can see already from this LIST, folks will be more than helpful. And on the journey, you might want to make contact with Christopher Schoch. [email protected] Christopher lives in Paris and was responsible for Executive Development (or something like that) for Accor Hotels. We did an Open Space together around the time of massive merger for that corporation. You can read the story, if you want, in Tales from Open Space. http://openspaceworld.com/tales.htm Good Luck! Harrison -----Original Message----- From: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dominique Proudhon Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 2:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: New member Good day all, I joined the OSlist a few days ago and have been lurking for a while. I am very impressed with the quality of the exchanges on this list and find myself drawn to participate. Several threads called my attention; in particular the one questioning the list itself (what are we doing? Arent we loosing our spirit, Should we split?) I find these conversations very healthy. And also the one about Civil Conversation, which resonates with an old questioning of mine around ways to implement real participative democracy I am dreaming of initiating some real debate around the question what world do we chose to build for tomorrow?. I believe we humans are caught up in our own contradictions: after centuries of evolving faster and faster technically, and having more transformative power than ever, we are now facing the essential question of Meaning: How do we participate in the world and to what end? What is our responsibility in regard to what is happening in our world? Especially all the not so nice little things like irreversible destruction of earth resources, loss of entire species, wars and weapon builders, starving, and all that noisy ongoing disconnected stupidity on our tv and radio shows that take people away from being I believe that for the first time, we, at least in developed countries, have won the freedom to look beyond simply working for survival, to ask ourselves: how do I want to also make this place a little better? Anyway. Ill stop here for today. My goal was actually to introduce myself: I am French and leave in Grenoble. After a PhD in molecular/cellular biology and 6 years of research. I decided to do something else with my life and moved to human resources development. I actually did that career move in the US: I lived 10 years in North Carolina. I wanted to understand why people so often get into conflicts because of films they make in their heads that have little to do with reality. I wanted to find ways to work on re-establishing lost connections, especially in the workplace, where they could serve common projects and goals. I trained with Will Schutz, originator of the Human Element, became a mediator, trained in various psychometric tools and got to work with various groups. Two years ago, just before I came back to France, I bought a book that called my attention: Open Space Technology, a users guide. I read it in the plane. It was one of those ha ha: I found something I was looking for. A piece of extreme simplicity that called on very ecological principles to set the stage for real connection between people and for meaning to happen. On top of that, this approach was shared openly without any bind, just as a gift to humanity, which seduced me even more... I decided to try it as soon as I would get the opportunity, here, in France. Starting a new business as a group facilitator/team consultant has not been easy thing. Things are slow going and I often get discouraged. But I finally got the opportunity to run two different open space events for two different clients in the last year (30 people and 36 people). Both very energizing experiences and both around the question How could we improve the way we function as a team?: I loved the first moments of surprise in peoples eyes, and then the sudden rush to bring up issues as they understood that the event was theirs. Several persons approached me at the end telling me how much this work had moved them from a negative reactive position to an engaged position and telling me about a number of places they would see such work as useful. Thanks to Harrison, they got a gift they deserved. Felt quite good to serve in such a meaningful way. Ill continue. I now would like to share this approach with others in France and starting a French Open Space Institute (web site in preparation for sometime next year). Of course, I have plenty of questions around OST, but Ill wait: This post is already long enough, you guys are busy, and I need to read more of the documentation to make sure I am not asking questions that have already been answered 20 times. All the best to each of you, Dominique Note: I am a guy, for those who would wonder. Dominique Proudhon Group Facilitation Problem solving Conflict resolution Dampierre 38470 Notre Dame de l'Osier (33) 4 76 36 71 34 (33) 6 78 91 48 77 * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected], Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected], Visit:
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